A special handicapping seminar will also be staged, featuring TVG
commentator Caton Bredar, Debra Giglio from Del Mar, and Beulah Park's Jenna
and Katie Felty, who are known as "The Beulah Twins." Also on hand will be
Betsy Berns, author of the popular new book "The Female Fan Guide to
Thoroughbred Racing." The book will be distributed to the first 1,000
females through the Hoosier admission gates, and Berns will be available
throughout the evening to sign copies. Berns's book contains information on
handicapping, wagering, racing terminology and even tips on throwing a great
Kentucky Derby party.

The evening, which will include the seventh running of the $100,000 Hoosier
Debutante for two-year-old fillies, offers free admission plus a $2.00
wagering coupon to all women.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TV SHOW TO FOCUS ON BREEDING

Can science build a better racehorse through genetics? That's the question
that will be examined this coming Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 9:00-10:00 p.m.
(ET) on National Geographic Channel's "Science Times." The program segment,
titled "The Gamble," will also take an inside look at horse breeding and
training around the world and feature an interview with Nick Nicholson,
president of Keeneland.

FASIG-TIPTON TO AUCTION STALLION SEASONS, OTHER ITEMS FOR HEROES FUND

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced that
stallion seasons to Point Given, Artax, Unbridled's Song and Free House, as
well as equine art and packages for major sporting events in 2002 will be
auctioned by Fasig-Tipton on Friday, Nov. 9, to benefit the NTRA Charities -
New York Heroes Fund. The Heroes benefit auction, featuring a cocktail
reception at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky, Inc. dining room, is part of the
Stallion Access sale that begins at 7:30 p.m. (ET). The sale of items to
benefit the Heroes Fund is expected to begin at approximately 8:30 p.m.
(ET). More

Nov. 8, 1997: Favorite Trick won the Breeder's Cup Juvenile, concluding an
8-for-8 two-year-old campaign. Favorite Trick would later be voted 1997
Horse of the Year.

Nov. 8, 2000: The New York Racing Association announced that it would begin
using the color-coded saddlecloths adopted by many other racetracks around
the country.

Nov. 9, 1957: Wheatley Stable's Bold Ruler, with Eddie Arcaro aboard, won
the Trenton Handicap in a wire-to-wire victory over Gallant Man and Round
Table in a three-horse race. Bold Ruler was subsequently named Horse of the
Year off this performance.

Nov. 9, 1972: Secretariat worked seven furlongs in 1:25 4-5 at Garden State
Park in preparation for the final race of his two-year-old season, the
Garden State Stakes on Nov. 18.

Nov. 9, 1988: Laffit Pincay Jr. became the second jockey in history to win
7,000 races when he won the seventh race at Hollywood Park aboard Phone Bid.

Nov. 9, 1998: A world-record-equaling bid of $7 million was made by Jayeff B
Stable for the broodmare Korveya at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock
Sale. The only other broodmare sold for $7 million was Miss Oceana, who went
through the auction ring in 1985.

Nov. 9, 2000: The National Thoroughbred Racing Association and CBS Sports
announced an agreement to broadcast the "NTRA Champions" series featuring
the best older horses in the country on both dirt and turf.

Nov. 10, 1978: Jockey Patrick Valenzuela won his first career race, aboard
Parker Petite, at Sunland Park, New Mexico.

Nov. 10, 1984: The inaugural Breeders' Cup was run at Hollywood Park. The
highlight of the seven Breeders' Cup races, the Classic, pitted Wild Again,
Gate Dancer and Slew o' Gold, who was the odds-on favorite despite having a
well-publicized hoof injury. After a furious drive to the wire, which
involved considerable bumping among the three horses, Wild Again prevailed,
but Gate Dancer was disqualified from his second-place finish for
interference and was placed third, behind Slew o' Gold.

Nov. 16, 1951: The Pimlico Special, then a winner-take-all $15,000 contest,
became the first race to be televised nationally. The winner was C.T.
Chenery's Bryan G.

Nov. 17, 2000: Officials of Breeders' Cup Limited announced the addition of
an interactive stallion nomination system to the company's Website.

Nov. 18, 1961: Jockey Eddie Arcaro rode his last career race, finishing
third on Endymion in the Pimlico Futurity. He retired with a then-record
$30,039,543 in purses.

Nov. 18, 1972: Secretariat capped his two-year-old racing season with a 3½ length victory in the Garden State Stakes at Garden State Park. The
winner's share of the purse was $179,199, the most Secretariat ever won in a
single race.

Nov. 18, 1979: In the eighth race at Aqueduct, Laffit Pincay Jr. had his
4,000th career win, aboard Gladiolus.

Nov. 19, 1956: Jockey Fernando Toro won his first career race at the
Hipodromo in Santiago, Chile.

Nov. 19, 1995: Jockey Russell Baze became the first rider to have won 400
races a year for four consecutive years, after he rode Royal Boutique to
victory at Golden Gate Fields.